Conservative indifference to offshore
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006I have an article in the London Evening Standard today (on which more, later) in which I say the Tories are doing some things right
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More power to the Revenue
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006Accountancy Age has reported plans for new powers for the UK’s HM Revenue & Customs to be included in a new Fraud Bill to be
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Heavy Mittal
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006I mentioned I’ve been doing a fair amount of work for the conventional printed media of late: today brings publication of another report in which
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Jersey shoots itself in the foot
Monday, October 2nd, 2006Jersey’s new trust laws have been the subject to some comment on this site, and in the Jersey and UK national press, at least partly
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Jersey politicians - a sorry track record in not telling the truth
Monday, October 2nd, 2006A Scrutiny Committee of the States of Jersey have published the latest report to be issued on Jersey’s proposed new tax laws. Last year I
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The Bermuda Triangle
Monday, October 2nd, 2006I’ve been doing a lot of work with the printed media of late on both sides of the Atlantic. A couple published last week. This
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The more you have the easier it is to avoid tax
Friday, September 29th, 2006Take this story from Forbes, for example. As they put it: Why pay tax if you don’t have to? Thomas Siebel used a corporate beast
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Do sham trusts impose a cost on society?
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006I’ve written a bit about sham trusts on here of late. It’s good to have the evidence therefore that they really do impose a cost
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Economists offer no solution on tax
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006The EU held a seminar entitled ‘Corporate tax competition and coordination in the European Union’ on 25 September and it was my misfortune to attend.
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